Animals & Plants

Frank fought to save Australia’s humpbacks. Now his whale watching business is struggling

SBS.COM.AU, Other, 23/10/2020, Sandra Fulloon A record number of humpback whales are migrating down Australia's east coast. While whale populations […]

Why the death of a small, punk-like fish rocked the marine world

theguardian.com, Other, 21/10/2020, Zoe Kean In 1802, when French naturalist Franois Pron slipped a small, chunky Australian fish into a […]

Fruit fly breakthrough puts killer mozzies on notice

The Lighthouse - Macquarie University, Other, 19/10/2020, Virginia Tressider A new designer fruit fly paves the way for scientists to […]

Restore ecosystems to prevent extinctions

Cosmos Magazine, Other, 16/10/2020 Restoring just under a third of Earth’s ecosystems to their natural state could protect more than […]

Sharks: Why we need to protect the predators that hunt us

ABC Online, Other, 15/10/2020, Nick Kilvert The instinct to kill the animals that prey on us has probably come in […]

Trees power this alarm system for remote forest fires

Warta Saya, wartasaya.com, 17/10/2020 Scientists in Michigan have developed a forest fire alarm system. He works at CSIRO, Australia's national […]

During COVID, scientists turn to computers to understand C4 photosynthesis

Science Daily, Other, 17/10/2020 When COVID closed down their lab, a team of researchers turned to computational approaches to understand […]

How much preventative burning is too much for biodiversity?

ABC Online, Other, 08/10/2020 The main focus of many communities trying to better control bushfires in Northern Australia is protecting […]

NT bushfire scientists research controlled burns and their impacts on Darwin’s biodiversity

ABC Online, Other, 11/10/2020, By Jane Bardon There aren't many people who go to stand in the middle of a […]